In brief: Recruit candidates with social media

Finding and hiring qualified new employees can be challenging and costly especially for small businesses.

Recruiting with social media allows employers to search for, research, connect with and hire candidates.

Most tools are free and take less time than traditional methods, and the results are better.

This two hour class will teach you how to post jobs for free on LinkedIn; find candidates on LinkedIn; communicate with candidates on LinkedIn; post jobs with a company profile; post jobs on Twitter; find candidates using special Twitter tools; re-search candidates on Twitter; post jobs on Facebook; use Facebook applications; find and research candidates on Facebook.

The class will be held from 8:30 -10:30 a.m. May 14 at 200 W. Oak St., Fort Collins.